FiredUp: Give us a good reason to move back to the Dakotas. No, really.
Moving to a rural place has positives and negatives, according to a recent Minnesota Public Radio story.
FiredUp: S.D. newspaperman and Dakotafire advisor Noel Hamiel to be inducted into Newspaper Hall of Fame
Noel Hamiel’s 35 years in the newspaper business and innumerable contributions to the newspaper industry are being honored with Hamiel’s induction in the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame on April 27 during the convention of the South Dakota Newspaper…
FiredUp: Groton students lead question-and-answer with candidates
Groton’s senior seventh-hour government class hosted the first school board cracker barrel session April 2. Photo by Char Telkamp/Groton Independent Want to get students involved in politics? Put them in the driver’s seat—or, in this case, the moderator’s chair.…
FiredUp: Best promotion of Dakotas this year may come from Kennebec farmer
A Kennebec farmer has created images and videos via time-lapse photography that show how dramatic and beautiful Dakota skies can be.
FiredUp: Keystone blockage shows the power of united rural voices
Whatever you think of the Keystone XL pipeline, you may want to take note of who stopped it. It was not, as reported in The New Yorker, Professor Bill McKibben and other East Coast activists. Instead, the power behind the…
FiredUp: GM seeds to go through a faster approval process under new USDA rules
Which is more important: Gaining fast approval for genetically modified seeds so they can better compete with foreign companies, or giving the public and interest groups time to learn about the planned release and possibly voice their objection to it?…
FiredUp Roundup: Farm life good for you, superbugs, Huron mail facility to close, education reform
A few items that might interest you today: Growing up on a farm is good for your immune system, according to a new study from the University of Bristol, as reported by The Rural Blog. It raises the number of…
FiredUp: Have you heard about the ‘Howard miracle’?
If not, it’s time to learn about this “model of community planning” just down the highway: Howard, S.D. A class project to look at how money is spent in the community turned into a revival movement that involved a significant…
FiredUp: Agriculture No. 1 on a list of industries losing jobs
The agriculture industry is slated to lose 96,100 between now and 2020, which puts in at the top of a Bureau of Labor Statistics list of industries most likely to lose jobs in the next decade. This is not, of…
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